Ever since Bosnian Ape Society called this trap the ICBM Gambit, many people have been doing that. But few know that it's a variation of the Tennison Gambit or even a real opening. Many people have been making videos explaining it, but I found them kind of boring so I made my own version. This is just my own version and explanation of the gambit. Hope you enjoyed it.

I always take their queen, even if it means sacrificing my own. This is based on the fact that my opponents are always better than me and their pieces are worth more.

i like how you had to specify that this is an actual real gambit that can be viably used

I've literally never played chess but this was a blast to watch lol

I accidentally used this opening back in High school. The other dude was somewhat good at chess and I almost only knew how each piece moved. The look on his face was amazing. Of course it was pure luck but it was funny. Edit: for the people that don't believe me. I don't need you to believe me, I was just sharing an anecdote.

The easier method is the hack-and-control-a-real- life-ICBM-to-your- opponent's-current- location Gambit. By sacrificing your location to the government, you are essentially putting yourself in a winning position while having a massive advantage in the middle and endgame.

This video inspired me to start playing chess online. After using this opening every game my stats are: Games: 945 Won: 453 Lost: 425 Successfully launched ICBMs: 3

this man teaches more useful openings than anyone ever could

I used to do this opening when I first learned chess. It's an amateur move that can be easily unarmed. That being said, it can surprise pro's because it is exactly an amateur move and they might expect you're trying to set them on the wrong foot, or have completely forgotten about this simple yet brilliant opening.

Its hard to play because you NEED the opponent to play in some specific way to play the gambit, but, since today, I can proudly say that I've finally played the gambit, and it was very awesome. It was a bit weird variation because the opponent played e5 early, and they deffended the missile with the knight, but, at the end, I did easily won with the queen and a knight. Highly recommended if possible to play, it's very satisfactory.

Never have I been so pumped for a Chess opening

2 videos in not even 7 days? Amazong

Also worth mentioning that the computers consider the bishop and knight sacrifice as BRILLIANT moves, so if you pull it off, you'll have 2 easy Brilliant moves under your belt

The best part is that unlike fried liver and scholar’s mate, if you remember all the lines this can actually work against non-beginners as there is no hope chess required. You have to be asking for scholar’s and fried liver, but in this black’s fate is basically sealed if they play d5 and keep playing book moves after that and white knows this game.

Okay I played it a lot against a few bots and they all used the queen to defend the pawn and not their knight

I'd like to add that this can be played vs both caro-kann and french defense. All the scandi players will know about this sooner or later, and playing it out of the reti opening is very obvious. To the contrary, french and caro players aren't as familiar with this, so it's possible to pull it off. I guess it's doable vs the sicilian as well, but more difficult, as it requires the sicilian player to play d5, which they might not do

I've been playing with this opening since watching this, snd enen if my opponent doesn't fall into the ICBM the position is so destabilizing to black I've been getting a pretty decisive positional advantage. Love it!

My brother accidentally managed to do this to me when we were both still learning the rules of chess from our dad. I was completely flabbergasted to say the least since neither him nor me were expecting that. 🤣

This is the best name for an opening I have ever heard

i have a friend with an unhealthy addiction to chess so im going to try and use this on him

Another trap one should be aware of is Nf6 after the ICBM attack. You should not take the free pawn on c7, for black will play e5 and no matter what, black will play either Nd5 or Ne8 trapping your queen

I really like your content, I get very excited with new videos. I laughed a lot when I discovered your video of the Halloween gambit in spring. Cheers from Spain

This gave me so many chuckles. Thank you for this.

I like the idea of this move! Thanks for sharing this. It is aggressive but devastating!!

This is a great presentation style for chess content.

Thank you this is actually a nice starter opening against lvl 1/ lvl 2 stockfish. Gives you something to hold onto

Love your wit in these vids. Yes CRAZY openings.

This is the first chess video I ever watched. And this is how I will play it from now on.

I don't play chess, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

Finally, I can launch a intercontinental ballistic missile at my enemies! I’ve been waiting for this my whole life!

Never thought I would watch chess videos but this was entertaining

i watched this video 6th months ago and immediately it became my favorite opening. i have used it every game since. thank you sir, for your knowledge

Bro ur videos r amazong pls keep up the content🔥

Awesome video as always! As far as the gambit, it's a blast when it works, but getting people to play Knight f6 has been less than common for me so far. One day I'll launch it!

This is the only chess channel I'm subbed to

I love your channel, as I learn new chess tricks I crack up with the jokes and the sarcastic cynicism. Great channel lol 🤣.

You are probably one of, if not my no.1 favourite chess youtubers. Thank you for the content, your stuff rocks

I love the chess openings, thanks

By far the funniest way to start a game. Thanks for making my opponents forfeit after 30 seconds

This is the best chess video I’ve ever seen, hands down 👍

damn this is sick. I tried it for the first time and the minute I moved my knight and pawn into the opening position my opponent resigned

by the gods, this is incredible

Fire upload as always

bro i love your videos so much keep up

I love you counting pawns in spanish, me hizo el dia xD

u should make videos of you playing these gambits in real games because I would watch them

Got me to sub. Great video.

... ... I didn't know people would be adding more modern stuff to chess. Beautiful!

You could almost better describe it as a long range cruise missile gambit instead, as it's more of a targeted attack than a "wipe the whole board" attack(not that that's really possible in chess anyway unless you basically instakill the king somehow) I just imagine the white queen riding a cruise missile cowboy-style to the black queen's room in their castle

For fighting games, it was the Daigo parry that got me to understand the foundation and beauty of fighting games. In the future, I will look back to this video as doing the same for me with chess. Thank you.

The graphics are amazing. I like the opening too. 🙏🏼

I’m pretty new to chess, but I must play this opening.

I'm going to try this on my friend next time we play against each other, they're very aggressive and I'm normally very odd in that I adopt Data's strategy from that one episode of TNG and I always play for a draw; so this will catch them off guard

Congratulations man, can you tell me what app are you using to edit this volcie? And vid? ❣️

Clicked expecting a meme, but got an actual opening, as advertised. Not disappointed, very interested.

I've kever been interested in chess, but the fact that you mentioned a missile made me think of the mega-chess-tron and after that i have become interessted in your channel

This is the Tennison/Zukertort Gambit, named after Johannes Zukertort, who played Steinitz twice for the World Championship, and by Otto Tennison who studied the gambit in the 1880's. It's White's version of the Hartlaub variation of the Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5 2.exd5 d6) with an extra tempo for White.

as a hawaiian i feel threatened but i do like chess ima use this

I don't play chess much, but I'm gonna memorize specifically this opening

I barely even care about chess and this was cool. Subbed.

If the opponent doesn't do the exact moves you need them to do, doesn't this leave you worse off? I keep losing because this never goes as planned

the queen knows where she is at all times she knows this because she knows where she isn't

funny that i just watched a missile meme chess before this, so i did not expect this to be an actual chess xD

i love this channel soooo much.

Also don't take the pawn on c7, because black goes Nc6 and Ne8 and your Queen is trapped. Just move it back and win from there.

What happens if they defend with the pawn or bishop or queen? What if they just push their pawn one space past your pawn? I know I'm outside the scope. This is a cool trick. Seems legit. Chess is hard.

bro idek how to play chess (yet) but this was funny n entertaining lmao good vid

this funny video has been the last leg of temptation/inspiration i had with learning how to play chess. Today on tuesday, aug. 22, 2023 i will finally begin my journey on teaching myself how to play chess. Let's see where this takes me

Well I would have fallen onto the free bishop trap HAHAHA

I don't know anything about Chess, but I do like my missiles.

This video motivated me to start playing chess.

What do you do when they defend the pawn with bishop instead of taking?

0:10 they thought the nether portal was safe

Had me rolling this is great I’m gonna use this in my next match against my friend

"if it's looking to be too easy of a fight ... it's most likely an ambush"

One giant problem of this is the natural continuation of 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5. It's a pretty natural move if you don't wnat to force out that knight and it completely invaluates you nuking their queen because they can just take back with their knight: 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 Nc6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bg6+ Kxg6 8. Qxd8 Nxd8. I'm sure even a beginner can stumble into this by just playing basic principles

stupid gambit out of the blackmar (can be reached out of the scandinavian as well with 1. e4 d5 2. d4) 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc6 Nf6 4. Bg5 [Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: von Popiel Gambit] After this, blacks most played and best move is 4... Bf5 5. f3 exf3 6. Qxf3 Here black has many options, but I will just go through stockfish's choice and the most played move Most played move --- 6... Bc8 7. O-O-O e6 (most common move) 8. d5 most 3 common moves from this point are 8... e5, 8... Bd6, and 8... exd4 if 8... e5 then 9. Bb5+, 9... Bd7 is the best move (if 9... Nbd7 play 10. Ne4 and the pins are too much for black to handle), after that you would play 10. d6, where 10... c6 is the most common move. Against both 10... Bxd6 and 10... cxd6 you play Qxb7 if 8... exd5 then 9. Nxd5 if 8... Bd6 then 9. Ne4, we're threatening 10. Nxf3 bxf3 and Bxf3, so the only good move is 9... Nbd7, and in response we play 10. Bb4, and we have a completely dominant position where the engine evaluates +4.7 Stockfish's choice --- 6... e6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 (7... Qxf6 loses on the spot to 8. Qxb7) 8. O-O-O c6 (against 8... Nc6 you play 9. Bb5 where the engine evaluates the position as +1.8. We are threatening 10. d5) 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5, where we have an equal position

This opening reminds me, a little, of the Budapest defence in reverse. I always try and do Budapest when black as it leads to sharp play usually. Queens being exchanged early can happen in some variations of this defence.

I love this opening for playing with my friend, who always blunders his queen. It makes the game much more fair and fun.

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Gambit is when u go i wanna sac everything

didn't Bosnian Ape Society do the intercontinental ballistic missile first

Very good video, love from Canada

Okay this was actually really cool

D4 game mate in 9 moves “Rapport-Jobava system” (Fried liver 2.0) D4 d 5 Nc3 nf6 Bf4 nc6 NB5 e5 Dxe5 Nh5 Qd2 Nxf4 Qxf4 a6 E6 axb5 Qxf7#checkmate From the last position 61% give up checkmate and there are a lot of other variations where they give up rook. It’s like the fried liver but a bit better except it comes off a queens pawn game. There are different ways to play this same concept off different opponent responses or even burn another move making your opponent think you are doing another lame opening system before striking.

Bro is literally GothamChess but with memes

Looks like a strong opening^^

Loved every second of this. 😂

0:50 I don't understand why would anyone defend with Nf6 "they intuitively defend with the knight" ok but anyone who would intuitively think about that would be aware of the knight forking King and rook on f7

It works 0/100 of the times

As an avid Scandinavian defense player I love when people try this stupid trick on me and I just destroy all their hopes and dreams by defending the pawn with my bishop.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS OPENING OMG OMG

Thanks. This will now be the only way ill play chess now.

i remember years ago, when i played chess, i fell for this gambit. still hurts

this guy is what we in the trade often refer to as a quite funny and good person

0:17 bishop... that is a great one. love it :)

I discovered this, its so useful!!

Time to study this endlessly

Wow, your videos are awesome 👍🏾

when you make a move and someone goes "what are you doing" you already won lol

HOLY FUCK, that's such a 4D yet bold attack move. I need to remember this